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Originally Posted by gi_dan2987
The early days of the US Navy was mostly comprised of sloops and carronade frigates. We couldn't afford to build those ships of the line such as the Santisima Trinidad  |
Actually we could
build them, just not in the numbers necessary to go toe to toe with the Royal Navy. But having said that the Consitution and her three sister ships were a huge technological advance in Naval Warfare.